31 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Life after COVID as audiences return to Cork Opera House Cork Opera House has revealed an exciting 2022 is on the way for patrons, beginning with a star-studded February line-up and the imminent launch of its Spring/Summer programme in March. Following a hugely successful panto season that saw... Read More
28 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Colm Kelleher today conferred a civic award on Don O’Leary, Director of Cork Life Centre, for his outstanding contribution to education in Cork City. The official ceremony took place in front of the iconic red doors of Cork Life Centre, with Mr... Read More
28 January 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Stephen Kavanagh has been appointed Chief Technical Officer with Mainline, a Cork headquartered (Sarsfield Road) engineering solutions provider, servicing the power, water, telecom and energy sectors in Ireland, the UK, and Scandinavia. Educated at Trinity College Dublin, UCD and St. Declan’s College, Cabra, Stephen joins the Mainline leadership... Read More
26 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie When I was younger it was called PLC Education, which was short for Post Leaving Cert, but these days it’s called FET which is short for Further Education & Training, and is pronounced as “Fet”. All of Cork ETB’s FET centres are to be branded as being a... Read More
25 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Joe Duffy Group complete acquisition of C.A.B. Motor Company Ltd We reported in October 2021 of the upcoming sale, and today – just a few months later – the Joe Duffy Group have formally announced that following competition approval in December, they have now completed the acquisition of... Read More
25 January 2022 1pm By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Gardaí are appealing to the public for assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 47-year-old William O’Toole who has been missing from the Churchfield area, on the northside of Cork City since the morning of Monday, 17 January 2022. William is described as being approximately 5 foot 9... Read More
23 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Crawford Art Gallery announces a new partnership with Pat McDonnell Paints for a major exhibition, SATURATION: the everyday transformed. SATURATION: the everyday transformed opens on Saturday 29 January and includes photographic works by thirteen dynamic young artists. It will embrace aspects of social media, street photography, music and... Read More
22 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie To boost conservation efforts, anglers who wish to catch and keep wild salmon from the Lower River Lee in Cork this year, are being advised by Inland Fisheries Ireland that ‘brown tag’ regulations are coming into force from Tuesday, February 1st 2022. The measures are included in the... Read More
22 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie SVP South West “humbled” by support of Cork and Kerry public as over €275,000 raised from annual car draw St Vincent De Paul South- West has paid tribute to and thanked the public for its “phenomenal” support of its annual Car Draw in association with CAB Motor Company.... Read More
20 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie €56,000 Drugs Seized and Three Arrests, Cork City Gardaí have arrested three men and seized €56,000 worth of Diamorphine as part of an ongoing investigation targeting individuals involved in the sale and supply of drugs, in Cork city yesterday afternoon, Wednesday 19th January 2022. At 5.20pm yesterday, Gardaí... Read More
19 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie It’s back to where it all began, as newly married Cork couple Aisling Devitt and Donncha Long revisit Kent Station for a trip down memory lane on their wedding day. It was back in 2019, after a 15-mile road race taking them from Cork to Cobh, that Aisling... Read More
19 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork City Council has issued pre-qualification tender documents for the Morrisons Island Public Realm and Flood Defence Project. The pre-qualification tender documents seek to form a panel of contractors who will be invited to tender for the works later in the year and could see construction of the... Read More